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Deliciously chewy and flavorful oatmeal cookies!
Hey everyone! It’s Chelsea back from Chelsea’s Messy Apron! I thought I’d sneak in one last cookie recipe before everyone is ready to get back to more fruits, veggies, and whole grains!
These cookies are my family’s FAVORITE oatmeal cookie. They are so flavorful, have a wonderful texture, and best of all they are soft & chewy! No hard oatmeal cookies here 🙂
Tips to make the BEST Oatmeal Cookies:
- Correctly measure the flour: If you press a measuring cup into a bag of flour you will pack in way too much flour (which will result in cake-like cookies with the wrong texture). To properly measure your flour, spoon the flour into the measuring cup until its overfilled. Then use the back of a butter knife to level the measuring cup at the top. You’ll have a perfect flour measurement now!
- Use room temperature eggs: This ensures the eggs disperse more evenly into the batter giving these cookies a lighter texture (the eggs trap air). Soaking refrigerated eggs in a bowl of warm (not hot) water for about 10 minutes is a quick way to do this. Otherwise, pull the eggs out of the refrigerator about 30 minutes before use.
- Use REAL butter and beat it with the sugar: Butter gives these cookies body, texture, and flavor. By beating it with the sugars at the start you’re fluffing up the butter with air which gives these cookies that perfect foundation for a great texture.
- Slightly under-bake: if you over bake these cookies you’ll lose the awesome soft and chewy texture and you’ll get a hard and crisp oatmeal cookie instead. Watch them careful and as soon as the tops are no longer glossy, pull them out!
Enjoy!
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Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
Deliciously chewy and flavorful oatmeal cookies!
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2½ cups quick oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups. milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together 1 cup packed light brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar, and 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, until creamy 1-2 minutes. Add in 2 large eggs and ½ tablespoon vanilla extract and beat until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine 2½ cups quick oats, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon sea salt, 2 cups all-purpose flour, and 2 cups. milk chocolate chips. Whisk until combined. Add the oat mixture to the sugar and egg mixture and mix until just combined.
- Roll out golf-ball sized dough balls and place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Bake 6-8 minutes or until just lightly golden brown. Watch carefully to avoid over-baking; slightly under-baked oatmeal cookies make the best chewy cookies!
Nutrition
Calories: 278kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 117mgPotassium: 48mgFiber: 1gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 300IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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So what happens if I use salted butter?
Hi Deena!
Salted butter should be just fine. They may just have a little more of a salty flavor since you are adding sea salt in the recipe. Please let me know how you like them! Thanks for following along with me!
I have tried this recipe many times already ’cause my friends love these cookies, thank you for sharing your recipe. I’ll try your other recipe soon. ?
This oatmeal recipe was amazing! Super moist and chewy. Delicious. My husband can’t stop eAting them and commenting how good they are! I did modify it a bit because I love brown sugar so I used 2 cups instead of half white, and I used raisins instead of chocolate chips and added some cinnamon because I like those ingredients with oatmeal. I also didn’t have the quick cooking oats so used the old fashioned and it seemed fine. Do you think if I cut the sugar down a bit so they were a little less sweet I would need to add extra of another ingredient to compensate? Just wondering.
yummy cookies .Came out really tasty.
amazing recipe!!! looks divine and delicious – will try this! I recipe as you suggested and it was soooo delicious! i added an extra 10 minutes and it turned out to be fine, really good recipe and super easy to follow! so delicious!
That is so great to hear! I am so glad that you all enjoyed it and it was so good!! Thanks so much for sharing! XOXO